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Julian

From Latin: the Roman family name Iulianus marked someone of the Julian line, with a sense of youth running through it. Given only to boys, it has climbed back into wide use and sits among the names that ring familiar to parents today.

Julian Pronunciation

Julian is pronounced YOOL-yahn (/ˈjuljan/).

Alive in 2025
43,347
Newborns 2025
1,925
National rank
#207
Next name day
18 October
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What Julian means

Where Julian comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Julian comes from Latin. The Roman family name Iulianus meant "belonging to Iulius," so a Julian was, in the oldest sense, a person of the Julian line. The short meaning keeps that double register: należący do rodu Juliuszów and, more plainly, young. Latin gives us the root, and the sense of youth travelled with it, since Iulius itself was often linked to words for youthful strength.

The name spread across Europe and kept close cousins. In Polish records you find the variant Iulian, and for a daughter the form Julianna. Poland gave the name to Julian Tuwim, the poet born in Łódź in 1894, whose verse many children still learn by heart. Saint Julian the Hospitaller lent it a place in the church calendar too, which is why the name has its own imieniny.

Say "Julian" from a school class register and it settles easily between older and newer names. On his name-day a Julian might hear the old sense repeated back to him: młody, young. That is what the Latin left behind, należący do rodu Juliuszów.

When Julian celebrates name day

Julian appears 32 times in the Polish name day calendar, 3 of them as a main name, the first on 7 January.

Next name day
18 October
Sunday in 2026
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Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Julian

1 in 493 men in Poland is named Julian. 43,347 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #207 among male names.

People with the name Julian 2019 → 2025
43,347 +9,237 since 2019
2020 35,133 +1,023
2021 36,726 +1,593
2022 38,406 +1,680
2023 40,106 +1,700
2024 41,703 +1,597
2025 43,347 +1,644

Julian's popularity over time

1,925 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #39 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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1,925 newborns with the name Julian in 2025
national rank #39 that year

Where Julian is most popular

Julian is most popular in Masovian, 22% above the national average (2,844 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Łódź (+21%) and Podlaskie (+10%). It is least common in Silesian and Opole, 29% and 18% below average respectively.

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Julian as a middle name

Julian is a first name for 43,347 men in Poland and a middle name for another 22,467, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 86th, between Ignacy (23,016) and Radosław (22,343).

As a first name
43,347
As a middle name
22,467
first name 66% middle name 34%
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